Yep, your question makes sense! There are a lot of details to absorb and a lot of acronyms.one additional question regarding the different MIDI sound formats, i.e. GM, GM2, XG, XF, ...
When I load the same song into the SX-720, first time GM, second time GM2 etc. would this always lead to the same sound/voices "allocations" or would one get different/better sounding voices when loading a song for example in XG mode?
Does my question make sense?
Short answer, I would start with XG. The arranger sound synthesis architecture is XG. Within XG, one can specify virtually any voice from the XG sound set or the panel voice/preset sound set. GM voices are effectively embedded within (i.e., part of) the XG sound set. I think that would give you the widest color palette and would best position you for the future.
I could say more, but I want to simplify and not create confusion.
One thing about Yamaha XF format. The actual XF specification deals with "meta" data like lyrics and chords. If a MIDI file is XF, it very likely is XG, too.
An XG SMF begins with two MIDI System Exclusive messages: GM System ON and XG System ON:
Code:
F0 7E 7F 09 01 F7F0 43 10 4C 00 00 7E 00 F7From there, a voice is selected by a sequence of three MIDI messages: Bank Select MSB, Bank Select LSB and Program Change. That's the trio of numbers that you see with each voice in the SX720 Data List.
Hope this extra info helps -- pj
Statistics: Posted by pjd — Sat Oct 26, 2024 12:24 am